#IDEA 19. Have a two-step stool? Place a couple of your dog's favourite treats near and around it, and slowly on top of it. Once your dog is comfortable jumping on it, you can begin doing this with something soft underneath the stool like a cushion, so that it becomes a little wobbly to practice balancing on it.

#IDEA 22. Poke a hole on two opposing sides (near the rim) of a handful of disposable plastic cups. Run a cotton twine through them, between two chairs, so that they're hanging loosely, a bit closer to the floor but high enough that your dog needs to paw the cups to flip them for the treats to fall.

#IDEA 25. Hide a few treats or kibble inside of your yoga mat and roll it back up so that your dog has to open it to get to the treats. Place it in between furniture for extra difficulty. Alternatively, you can roll up a towel to do the same. You can also roll up your yoga mat and wrap it inside a large towel for some extra snuffling.

#IDEA 20. Place two cardboard boxes of the same height 2-3 feet apart. Make sure the boxes are taller than your dog. Place a third box on top of them, creating a roof. Now encourage your dog to go through and underneath the boxes like a tunnel. With time you can cut the boxes smaller to encourage crawling.

#IDEA 23. Put aside different flavour empty yogurt containers and place them within empty toilet paper rolls a few feet apart. Roll up the sides so the container doesn't fall out. Take one of the flavours from the containers and present it to your dog so he can get a whiff of the scent, and match it to the correct one.

#IDEA 26. Associate a special name to each of your dog's toys, so that they know which one to grab when you call their name. Start with one toy at a time, where every time you interact with it, throw it, play tug and pull with it, you are saying its name consistently, to create the association.

#IDEA 21. Want your dog to go to his bed at the sound of the doorbell? Find a doorbell sound for your dog on YouTube. Play it, then place a tasty treat in your dog's bed (show him) and wait for him to go get it. A few moments later repeat, until you do this with multiple doorbell sounds, prior to practicing with your own.

#IDEA 24. Using a calming mask (make sure that your dog feels comfortable wearing it), place a strong-smelling treat inside a clean plastic water bottle without a lid. Place it among other empty water bottles and guide your dog towards them so that your dog can let you know which one contains the treat.

#IDEA 27. Got more cardboard than you know what to do with? If you have a small dog in your home, you can create a small or large version of a cardboard maze/labyrinth for your dog to have a blast finding his way out. This is of course a great opportunity to hide several treats throughout the maze.